The Top 10 Holiday Hair Mistakes

Before you head out this season, make sure you don't have one of these styles on your head.

Milkmaid Braids

If you look like you could work on a Swedish dairy farm, your braids are too tight. "You always want hair to look touchable," says Townsend. For a less severe style, resist parting hair down the middle—it's flattering on almost no one—and instead "loosely pull your hair straight back and make whatever style braid you do a little messy by spraying it lightly with dry shampoo and mussing it with your hands."